Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients’ willingness to take part in clinical trials. However, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study more participants are troubled when they are told that the investigator could profit or lose money depending on the results.
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sing computer models and live cell experiments, biomedical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered more than 100 human protein fragments that can slow or stop the growth of cells that make up new blood vessels.
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Scientists from Granada have named iberulites certain spheric mineral aggregates smaller than a millimeter which come from Central Africa (Sahara desert and Sahel countries) to the Iberian Peninsula swept away through the air, and which had not been identified previously.The researchers are carrying out weekly samples collecting atmospheric dust since 1999, and they have determined through satellite images the route followed by these particles in their atmospheric journey.
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Despite performing equally to their male peers in the classroom and the clinic, female medical students consistently report decreased self-confidence and increased anxiety, particularly over issues related to their competency.
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Coinciding with the observance of Nuclear Medicine Week (Oct. 5 to 11) and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), SNM released today a new fact sheet highlighting recent developments in molecular imaging technologies that are dramatically improving the ways in which breast cancer is diagnosed and treated.
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Researchers from Boston Medical Center have recently found that as household energy insecurity increases, the odds of infants and toddlers experiencing food insecurity, negative health, hospitalizations and developmental risks also increases. A household experiences energy insecurity when it lacks consistent access to the amount or the kind of energy needed for a healthy and safe life. These findings appear in the Vol. 122, No. 4, October 2008, issue of the journal Pediatrics.
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Historians have spent decades analyzing the military actions of the Civil War. Nowgeologists are having their say.
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Future buildings — especially tall structures — should be increasingly resistant to fire, more easily evacuated in emergencies, and safer overall thanks to 23 major and far-reaching building and fire code changes approved recently by the International Code Council based on recommendations from the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The recommendations were part of NIST’s investigation of the collapses of New York City’s World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
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German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 meters and beating the previous world record by 27 centimeters.
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When dining at Chinese buffets, overweight individuals serve themselves and eat differently than normal weight individuals. This may lead them to overeat, according to a recent study by Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab.
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